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Baboons Appear To Do Statistics The Same Way You Dothree Guinea baboons sat in a diagonal line on a grassy bank; there are white X and Y axes superimposed on the image so that the baboons look like data points on a graph

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Baboons Appear To Do Statistics The Same Way You Dothree Guinea baboons sat in a diagonal line on a grassy bank; there are white X and Y axes superimposed on the image so that the baboons look like data points on a graph
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Baboons Appear To Do Statistics The Same Way You Do

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Super Mario Bros. Is Mathematically Impossible To SolveSuper Mario Bros figure character.

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Super Mario Bros. Is Mathematically Impossible To Solve

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What Does = Mean? Mathematicians Aren't Sure – And That Could Be A Problemfour rows of mathematical operators: addition, multiplication, a check mark, and exclamation mark, an equals sign, and a question mark. The top row of symbols are in white in solid black circles; next row black in solid white circles; next row white in solid green octagons; bottom row green in solid white octagons

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What Does = Mean? Mathematicians Aren't Sure – And That Could Be A Problemfour rows of mathematical operators: addition, multiplication, a check mark, and exclamation mark, an equals sign, and a question mark. The top row of symbols are in white in solid black circles; next row black in solid white circles; next row white in solid green octagons; bottom row green in solid white octagons
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What Does = Mean? Mathematicians Aren't Sure – And That Could Be A Problem

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People Are Just Now Learning What "Google" Actually MeansThe Google logo on the wall of Google's offices.

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People Are Just Now Learning What "Google" Actually MeansThe Google logo on the wall of Google's offices.
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People Are Just Now Learning What "Google" Actually Means

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In Conway's Game Of Life, Strange Patterns (And Spaceships) Emerge From Simple RulesA number of square grids, with filled in grids representing life.

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In Conway's Game Of Life, Strange Patterns (And Spaceships) Emerge From Simple RulesA number of square grids, with filled in grids representing life.
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In Conway's Game Of Life, Strange Patterns (And Spaceships) Emerge From Simple Rules

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At Long Last, We Know Some Of The Math Behind Flocking Birdsline of birds flying across a pale blue sky

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At Long Last, We Know Some Of The Math Behind Flocking Birdsline of birds flying across a pale blue sky
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At Long Last, We Know Some Of The Math Behind Flocking Birds

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If You Were Stuck In A Time Loop, Could You Beat Garry Kasparov At Chess?Black chess piece with yellow pawns in the background, surrounded by mathematical equations

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If You Were Stuck In A Time Loop, Could You Beat Garry Kasparov At Chess?Black chess piece with yellow pawns in the background, surrounded by mathematical equations
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If You Were Stuck In A Time Loop, Could You Beat Garry Kasparov At Chess?

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What Is The Three-Body Problem?3d space rendering of an exoplanet part of an alien binary star system with a red and blue star

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What Is The Three-Body Problem?3d space rendering of an exoplanet part of an alien binary star system with a red and blue star
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What Is The Three-Body Problem?

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Why NASA Only Uses A Handful Of The 62.8 Trillion Known Digits Of Pi In Its CalculationsAn artist impression of Earth with many digits of pi streching out into space from california

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Why NASA Only Uses A Handful Of The 62.8 Trillion Known Digits Of Pi In Its CalculationsAn artist impression of Earth with many digits of pi streching out into space from california
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Why NASA Only Uses A Handful Of The 62.8 Trillion Known Digits Of Pi In Its Calculations

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Pythagoras’ Ideas About “Perfect” Musical Harmony Are Not Quite Right After Allclose up of hands as someone writes out music on a sheet of manuscript paper using a quill pen

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Pythagoras’ Ideas About “Perfect” Musical Harmony Are Not Quite Right After Allclose up of hands as someone writes out music on a sheet of manuscript paper using a quill pen
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Pythagoras’ Ideas About “Perfect” Musical Harmony Are Not Quite Right After All

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Is There Really A Link Between Math Skills And Musical Skills?drawing of a child solving sums on a whiteboard with music notes floating above on a rainbow stave; the child is smiling broadly; bright pink background.

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Is There Really A Link Between Math Skills And Musical Skills?drawing of a child solving sums on a whiteboard with music notes floating above on a rainbow stave; the child is smiling broadly; bright pink background.
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Is There Really A Link Between Math Skills And Musical Skills?

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New Giant Anaconda Species Discovered While Filming With Will Smith, Lab-Grown Testicles May Be Capable Of Producing Sperm, And Much More This WeekAll the biggest science news stories of the week.

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New Giant Anaconda Species Discovered While Filming With Will Smith, Lab-Grown Testicles May Be Capable Of Producing Sperm, And Much More This WeekAll the biggest science news stories of the week.
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New Giant Anaconda Species Discovered While Filming With Will Smith, Lab-Grown Testicles May Be Capable Of Producing Sperm, And Much More This Week

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Who Invented Math?Photo of a caveperson writing on a stone wall, modified to look like they're writing 2+2=4

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Who Invented Math?Photo of a caveperson writing on a stone wall, modified to look like they're writing 2+2=4
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Who Invented Math?

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Life, The Universe, And Everything: Why 42 Really Is The Ultimate Answernumber 42 superimposed across diagonal panels depicting a rainbow, the sun, a balloon, a maths equation, and the galaxy

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Life, The Universe, And Everything: Why 42 Really Is The Ultimate Answernumber 42 superimposed across diagonal panels depicting a rainbow, the sun, a balloon, a maths equation, and the galaxy
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Life, The Universe, And Everything: Why 42 Really Is The Ultimate Answer

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What Are Irrational Numbers? How Do We Know? And Why Should I Care?Irrational number dictionary definition

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What Are Irrational Numbers? How Do We Know? And Why Should I Care?Irrational number dictionary definition
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What Are Irrational Numbers? How Do We Know? And Why Should I Care?

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